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- Timothy Rumsey was in the 1850 census of Cass Tp, Fulton Co, Ill, taken 28 Nov. There were two families in one dwelling. First was Lodema Bayless, aged 45, and her four children, all under 10. She owned $200 in real estate. Second was Timothy Rumsey 47, a farmer with no real estate, who could neither read nor write. He and his wife May, who was 37, had been born in NY. Their children were Watsey S. 11 (later called Saloma E.), Mary A. 10, Andrew 8, Martha 6, Sally 3, all born in Ohio, and Robert G. 4 months old, born in Illinois. Next door was a Jacob Bayless aged 40, and family. (History of Fulton County, Illinois, published by Chas. C. Chapman & Co (1879), p.585, has a brief biographical sketch of Jacob Bayless in Cass Tp, P.O. Cuba. His father's name was Richard. It is quite possible he was a brother of Mary.)
Timothy Rumsey first purchased 160 acres in the SW 1/4 of Section 20, Lee Tp, Fulton Co, on 15 April 1858, from George R. Clark, and conveyed the same to Clark in a trust deed of the same date. (LR #31344, #31380 - 45:38)
He appeared in Lee Tp in the 1860 census at age 47 again, his wife Mary being the same age. He now had $500 in real estate and $350 in personal property. His eldest daughter was married by then. The other children were Andrew 18, Robert 10, Martha 15, Sarah 12, Rachel 6, and Mary 20. Andrew was also listed as a farm laborer aged 17 with George and Arlina Snyder, just four dwellings from John and Emeline Day.
On 1 Aug 1867, Timothy Rumsey and his wife conveyed 120 acres to Isham G. Davidson, and Davidson conveyed 40 acres to Mary Rumsey by deed, (#46403, #46926 - 68:481; 71:589). On 20 Dec 1870, George R. Clark and wife gave a deed for 40 acres to Mary Rumsey (#54264 - 81:533). These complete the transactions for Timothy and Mary in Lee township, according to BG who did the research in Fulton Co for Mrs. Gordon. She reported in 1980 that "on the 1871 atlas it shows Mary as owner and where they lived was close to a little country cemetery...I talked with the owner, who lives in Bushnell. He said that about ten years ago someone went in the cemetery with a bulldozer and took all the stones, evidently to make a sidewalk! He didn't know who had been buried in the cemetery as he has only owned it the last few years. This cemetery is only about a 1/2 mile down the road from where the Rumseys lived."
Timothy and Mary were aged 60 and 55 in 1870 in Lee Tp (P.O. Avon), and he had $800 in real estate. Only Robert and Rachel were still at home, aged 20 and 15. Timothy was again shown to be illiterate.
Mary Rumsey died 12 Oct 1872, intestate, at her residence in Lee Tp, Fulton Co, Ill. Mary L. Buck signed the Petition for Administration of her estate, 30 September 1874, showing that she left a husband Timothy Rumsey, and her children and heirs at law were Saloma Day, Mary S. Buck, Andrew Rumsey, Martha Buck, Robert Rumsey and Hattie Tally [reported by BG as Tolly]. She left "the following described Real Estate...Towit the North West quarter of the South West quarter of Section number Twenty (20) in Township number Seven (7) North in Range number one (1) East of the fourth principle Meridian in the County of Fulton, and State of Illinois which will more fuly appear by Reference to the Records of Deeds in said county of Fulton the Undersigned would further Represent that Daniel Buck one of the Heirs of Said Estate has purchased all the Shears of the Rest of the Heirs of said Estate Less one, of which Shear I am the owner." (PR File #1940, abstracted first by BG in 1980, who reported there were bills from a doctor in Prairie City. Xerox copies of the above were supplied by Alfred M. Fischer in 1993.)
Timothy died intestate at his residence in Putnam Tp, Fulton Co, 13 Sept 1874. Again Mary S. Buck applied for Letters of Administrator on 22 Sep 1874, a week before filing on Mary Rumsey's estate, and the children were again listed as Saloma Day, Mary L. Buck (the petitioner), Andrew Rumsey, Martha Buck, Hattie Tally, and Robert Buck [sic, shd be Rumsey]. [Hattie had been listed before Robert in Mary's estate]. Mary, Martha and Soloma lived in Bushnell, McDonough Co. "There was some kind of court battle between Mary S. Buck and Robert Rumsey over some land", making the file rather large. (PR File #1939, as abstracted by BG. Xerox of Petition from A.L.Fischer.)
It will be noted that the children are listed in chronological sequence. Therefore Watsey S. of the census would be Saloma of the probate, named for Timothy's mother Saloma, and his sister Watey, though that name appeared only in the 1850 census. A problem arises in the names of Rachel who was in the 1860 and 1870 census as born about 1855, and Hattie Tolly/Tally of both probates. As shown on the page for #20, Rachel and Hattie were the same person, married to Thomas Tally. [3]
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